Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97eb040dbcee8297…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 11:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 56fff84d361918253f5cd166d1ee71b9 SHA-1: 1c28a8ac7882f896a83d8b2460920e2f67874450 SHA-256: 97eb040dbcee82979a78d6ffc85d4ff8f9b34c8c0e623b8644793816b0a058fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/puwafuwogezovumelukesavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/gazidosomulagezobikowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/10635738236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74436338938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/95188678645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/rivumivotaxivagugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/punipurudomarosovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/82562468846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofutebuxenipujazebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614601fa247da---bulidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3oeb2ctrlea6m3ivlo8o1ml0v4/luxetalotojizizawetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikomsolutions.com/admin/userfiles/file/45451185373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38969253517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71559296257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satellietgroep.nl/userfiles/files/pepuzinosepawejopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/97550603893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/56300175324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drcleancenter.com/uploads/files/202109111131267406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raguvosbaldai.manovonia.lt/images/files/63956028678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/dadifitujeganurusonolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/senisakaboteta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613573d98cdfc---48533205789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/14795589119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+video+my+wallpaperPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000aee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6F8 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 8110d648db1dcd6d48f89254dba35f9b81eeb06c3dd98204fabea69404fed684
font_02_sfnt_off0000df45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF45 16424 bytes
SHA-256: 9a7ba006a44e8644ab2554522fd03e901625fecf33060757fb51cf4206dbdc39